make believe

make believe
verb
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
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She makes like an actress

• Syn: ↑make, ↑pretend
• Derivationally related forms: ↑make-believe, ↑pretend (for: ↑pretend)
• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑play, ↑represent
• Hyponyms: ↑go through the motions
• Verb Group: ↑feign, ↑sham, ↑pretend, ↑affect, ↑dissemble
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑make)

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PRETEND, fantasize, daydream, build castles in the air, build castles in Spain, dream, imagine, play-act, play.
→ make

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phrasal

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make believe see under ↑make1
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Main Entry: ↑believe
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make believe
1. To pretend, feign
2. To play at believing
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Main Entry: ↑make

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make believe phrase
to pretend that something is real, especially in a game

The children like to make believe that they live in a castle.

Thesaurus: to pretend to do or feel somethingsynonym
Main entry: make

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make believe
: to act as though something that is not true or real is true or real : ↑pretend

When we were children we used to make believe (that) we were soldiers fighting in a war.

He isn't really angry, he's just making believe (that he is).

They want to make believe that everything is all right.

— see also ↑make-believe
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Main Entry: ↑believe
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make believe — see ↑believe
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Main Entry: ↑make

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